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The QC, Vol. 86, No. 16 • February 17, 2000

2000_02_17_p001

■ Which Way Will Will
G6?
We don't know, but we intend to
find out. Students discuss.
■ AIS That Work Really
Does Pay Off!
Alumna Dr. Stacey Robertson
('87) has published a new
book—work which originally
stemmed from her Senior Project.
B Lawrence Welk vs.
Rock N Roll Jukebox
No-holds-barred grudge match
between variety show stars and
campus DJ! Front-row seats in A&E.
■ Missing the Hoops
Three-game losing streak drops
men's basketball record to 5-5 in
SCIAC.
WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE
February 17,2000
f*^ -g ^—•» reuruary i/, ^uuu
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Amumim ai^
http://1111ww.v11Mttiep.edu/qc
Will Addresses Faculty, Promises "Unity and Focus"
■ PRESIDENTIAL
SPEECH
by
QC Editor in Chief
President Katherine Haley
Will advocated a policy of open
communication with the college
community and related her activities at Whittier College following her arrival in summer 1999 at
an open faculty meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Will described her
work with the Senior Staff Committee to restore and revise the
College budget, gave an update
on changes in the administration
and discussed the Mellon Foundation grant to the Strategic Planning Initiative.
"I believe in the importance of
building communication, and talking to you is part of that." Will
said. Some of her primary goals,
she added, were "that I really want
to work on building community, I
feel that's absolutely critical. That
I wanted to work on recentering
us on our fundamental values and
mission here at Whittier College.
. . [and] that I would always be
honest with you and straightforward."
Restoring and revising the
College budget has been the foremost task ofthe Senior Staff Committee, Will told her audience.
The President discussed the Committee's goals to initiate a process
of budget projection which is timely, future-oriented, open and realistic.
"[We should] project at reasonable levels so that we can possibly exceed them but that there
would be a very low probability
that we would not make them,"
Will said.
Will mentioned that she and
the Senior Staff Committee had
uncovered problems while reworking the budget.
"I did find, again, that there
was some serious dysfunctionali-
ty in the budget process that I felt
that I had to address, I wouldn'tbe
being honest if I didn't tell you
that that was true. But the really,
really good thing is that we have
made a great deal of progress in
that area," she said. Will added,
"Quite frankly we wanted to make
sure that all the numbers were
correct, and quite frankly there
were a lot of numbers that we had
to adjust."
Will also discussed changes
to the administration which have
occurred during her time in office.
According to the President, administrative goals have been clarified and the administration has
been working to achieve a high
level of unity and focus.
"I think you want and I want
an administration that is involved
and committed and which is not.
See PRESIDENT, page 7
President Katherine Will addressed the faculty on Tuesday,
Feb. 15 regarding her activities since assuming office.
Five New Representatives to Join COR Franklins Sanctioned
■ COR
by Amy Sties
QC Co-News Editor
Freshman class president
Michelle Vincent submitted her
resignation on Wednesday, Feb.
16, making her one of four members ofthe Council of Representatives (COR) to be replaced during
February. By theendof thismonth,
more than a quarter of the 18-
member board will be composed
of novice representatives, including new Inter-Society Council
(I.S.C.) co-chairs, a Minority Caucus representative, a Publications
Board representative and a new
freshman class president.
Vincent resigned due to dissatisfaction with the efficiency of
her class council and the resulting
failure to carry out campaign
promises made in October prior to
the election.
"My idea when I first decided
to run was that I'd really get things
accomplished and that the other
people running really wanted to
do things for the school," Vincent
said. "Unfortunately, after trying
to set up meetings that no one
would come to, I felt like I couldn' t
get anything done."
Vincent will most likely be
replaced by her vice-president,
"Ifelt like I couldn't get
anything done."
-Michelle Vincent
Former Freshman Class
President
Armilla Staley. Because Vincent
did not take a class and was therefore not on campus during January Interim, Staley occupied the
office in the president's absence
for a month.
Sophomore Jesus Hernandez
and junior Kristin Gingold were
elected I.S.C. co-chairs at a council meeting on ^^^^^^^^^^^m
Tuesday,
Feb. 15,
replacing
former
chairs, seniors Nancy Laslo
and Thomas Harper.
Gingold, an Ionian, hopes that
she can utilize her new position to
"help societies work together to
take a more active role on campus."
Hernandez, a member of the
Orthogonian society, aims to "take
I.S.C. to the next step."
"[Laslo] built a good foundation, but I want to help I.S.C.
become a more powerful group
on campus," he commented.
Minority Caucus representative Anya Branche announced her
resignation at COR's meeting on
Monday, Feb. 14. She cited per
sonal reasons as her excuse for
departure, claiming to be "overbooked in terms of commitments."
The Minority Caucus will convene to elect a replacement for
Branche at their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Publications Board, which is
composed of representatives from
KWTR, the Acropolis
^^^^ and the Quaker Campus, will meet on Monday, Feb. 21 to elect a
COR representative.
Controversy surrounds sophomore COR
Member at Large Eric
Quintana, who faces
sanctions as a member
of the Franklin Society's
• 2000 pledge class [see story, page
5]. Elected in January, Quintana
at that time met the COR Constitutional requirement that a candidate for COR office must be in
"disciplinary good standing."
However, this statute applies only
to candidates, and the Constitution does not specifically state
consequences for those already in
office whose disciplinary standing is questionable.
COR will possibly go into
closed session at their next meeting on Monday, Feb. 21 to discuss
"personnel issues," specifically
Quintana's position.
■ SOCIETIES
by Stm JUvarato
QC Co-mm Editor
The Franklin Society has received social probation for an
indefinite period of time unless
they attend a Sensitivity Training Program and perform a community service function according to the sanctions that were
mandated by the Society Advisory Board on Thursday, Feb. 3.
This comes after the group posted a board in the hallway of the
Student Union that many students found offensive and degrading toward women [see QC
Issue 15, Volume 86]
The Franklin Society will not
be permitted to have board privileges until next fall unless they
satisfy requests for more sensitivity awareness set by Interim
Dean of Students and Director of
Residential Life David Leonard.
"The Franklins will need to
work directly with myself in order to plan and fulfill both of the
aforementioned sanctions they
will remain on social probation
until both of these sanctions are
completed," Leonard said.
Leonard added that the society will need to draft a letter of
apology addressed to the entire
College community which will
be posted on the outside of the
Campus Inn where the society
had originally violated community standard.
AH new members of the society will be taken through Student Conduct for a violation of
the harassment and posting policies as stated in the Student
Handbook. Section II of the pub
lie policy states that "languages
and graphics contained in all
publicity must uphold the policies and standards of community for Whittier College."
It goes on to state that "publicity may not contain derogatory images of human body parts
or nudity... or sexually explicit
innuendoes that are commonly
viewed to be in poor taste."
The S.A.B. was originally
formed to mediate issues and
conflicts between societies by a
nonpartisan body. Like the College Hearing Board, the S.A.B.
can hear complaints against societies and mandate sanctions if
such actions.are necessary.
"The sanctions that were well
thought out and reflected the reaction of the community who
felt uncomfortable," said Pro-
Sec FRANKLINS, page 7
ll.-l.l|l.l...l.|l..l..IIM.IlMl
ISSUE 16 • VOLUME 86

■ Which Way Will Will
G6?
We don't know, but we intend to
find out. Students discuss.
■ AIS That Work Really
Does Pay Off!
Alumna Dr. Stacey Robertson
('87) has published a new
book—work which originally
stemmed from her Senior Project.
B Lawrence Welk vs.
Rock N Roll Jukebox
No-holds-barred grudge match
between variety show stars and
campus DJ! Front-row seats in A&E.
■ Missing the Hoops
Three-game losing streak drops
men's basketball record to 5-5 in
SCIAC.
WHITTIER ♦ COLLEGE
February 17,2000
f*^ -g ^—•» reuruary i/, ^uuu
Quaker Campus
The Voice Of The Campus Since 1914 Amumim ai^
http://1111ww.v11Mttiep.edu/qc
Will Addresses Faculty, Promises "Unity and Focus"
■ PRESIDENTIAL
SPEECH
by
QC Editor in Chief
President Katherine Haley
Will advocated a policy of open
communication with the college
community and related her activities at Whittier College following her arrival in summer 1999 at
an open faculty meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 15. Will described her
work with the Senior Staff Committee to restore and revise the
College budget, gave an update
on changes in the administration
and discussed the Mellon Foundation grant to the Strategic Planning Initiative.
"I believe in the importance of
building communication, and talking to you is part of that." Will
said. Some of her primary goals,
she added, were "that I really want
to work on building community, I
feel that's absolutely critical. That
I wanted to work on recentering
us on our fundamental values and
mission here at Whittier College.
. . [and] that I would always be
honest with you and straightforward."
Restoring and revising the
College budget has been the foremost task ofthe Senior Staff Committee, Will told her audience.
The President discussed the Committee's goals to initiate a process
of budget projection which is timely, future-oriented, open and realistic.
"[We should] project at reasonable levels so that we can possibly exceed them but that there
would be a very low probability
that we would not make them,"
Will said.
Will mentioned that she and
the Senior Staff Committee had
uncovered problems while reworking the budget.
"I did find, again, that there
was some serious dysfunctionali-
ty in the budget process that I felt
that I had to address, I wouldn'tbe
being honest if I didn't tell you
that that was true. But the really,
really good thing is that we have
made a great deal of progress in
that area," she said. Will added,
"Quite frankly we wanted to make
sure that all the numbers were
correct, and quite frankly there
were a lot of numbers that we had
to adjust."
Will also discussed changes
to the administration which have
occurred during her time in office.
According to the President, administrative goals have been clarified and the administration has
been working to achieve a high
level of unity and focus.
"I think you want and I want
an administration that is involved
and committed and which is not.
See PRESIDENT, page 7
President Katherine Will addressed the faculty on Tuesday,
Feb. 15 regarding her activities since assuming office.
Five New Representatives to Join COR Franklins Sanctioned
■ COR
by Amy Sties
QC Co-News Editor
Freshman class president
Michelle Vincent submitted her
resignation on Wednesday, Feb.
16, making her one of four members ofthe Council of Representatives (COR) to be replaced during
February. By theendof thismonth,
more than a quarter of the 18-
member board will be composed
of novice representatives, including new Inter-Society Council
(I.S.C.) co-chairs, a Minority Caucus representative, a Publications
Board representative and a new
freshman class president.
Vincent resigned due to dissatisfaction with the efficiency of
her class council and the resulting
failure to carry out campaign
promises made in October prior to
the election.
"My idea when I first decided
to run was that I'd really get things
accomplished and that the other
people running really wanted to
do things for the school," Vincent
said. "Unfortunately, after trying
to set up meetings that no one
would come to, I felt like I couldn' t
get anything done."
Vincent will most likely be
replaced by her vice-president,
"Ifelt like I couldn't get
anything done."
-Michelle Vincent
Former Freshman Class
President
Armilla Staley. Because Vincent
did not take a class and was therefore not on campus during January Interim, Staley occupied the
office in the president's absence
for a month.
Sophomore Jesus Hernandez
and junior Kristin Gingold were
elected I.S.C. co-chairs at a council meeting on ^^^^^^^^^^^m
Tuesday,
Feb. 15,
replacing
former
chairs, seniors Nancy Laslo
and Thomas Harper.
Gingold, an Ionian, hopes that
she can utilize her new position to
"help societies work together to
take a more active role on campus."
Hernandez, a member of the
Orthogonian society, aims to "take
I.S.C. to the next step."
"[Laslo] built a good foundation, but I want to help I.S.C.
become a more powerful group
on campus," he commented.
Minority Caucus representative Anya Branche announced her
resignation at COR's meeting on
Monday, Feb. 14. She cited per
sonal reasons as her excuse for
departure, claiming to be "overbooked in terms of commitments."
The Minority Caucus will convene to elect a replacement for
Branche at their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
Publications Board, which is
composed of representatives from
KWTR, the Acropolis
^^^^ and the Quaker Campus, will meet on Monday, Feb. 21 to elect a
COR representative.
Controversy surrounds sophomore COR
Member at Large Eric
Quintana, who faces
sanctions as a member
of the Franklin Society's
• 2000 pledge class [see story, page
5]. Elected in January, Quintana
at that time met the COR Constitutional requirement that a candidate for COR office must be in
"disciplinary good standing."
However, this statute applies only
to candidates, and the Constitution does not specifically state
consequences for those already in
office whose disciplinary standing is questionable.
COR will possibly go into
closed session at their next meeting on Monday, Feb. 21 to discuss
"personnel issues," specifically
Quintana's position.
■ SOCIETIES
by Stm JUvarato
QC Co-mm Editor
The Franklin Society has received social probation for an
indefinite period of time unless
they attend a Sensitivity Training Program and perform a community service function according to the sanctions that were
mandated by the Society Advisory Board on Thursday, Feb. 3.
This comes after the group posted a board in the hallway of the
Student Union that many students found offensive and degrading toward women [see QC
Issue 15, Volume 86]
The Franklin Society will not
be permitted to have board privileges until next fall unless they
satisfy requests for more sensitivity awareness set by Interim
Dean of Students and Director of
Residential Life David Leonard.
"The Franklins will need to
work directly with myself in order to plan and fulfill both of the
aforementioned sanctions they
will remain on social probation
until both of these sanctions are
completed," Leonard said.
Leonard added that the society will need to draft a letter of
apology addressed to the entire
College community which will
be posted on the outside of the
Campus Inn where the society
had originally violated community standard.
AH new members of the society will be taken through Student Conduct for a violation of
the harassment and posting policies as stated in the Student
Handbook. Section II of the pub
lie policy states that "languages
and graphics contained in all
publicity must uphold the policies and standards of community for Whittier College."
It goes on to state that "publicity may not contain derogatory images of human body parts
or nudity... or sexually explicit
innuendoes that are commonly
viewed to be in poor taste."
The S.A.B. was originally
formed to mediate issues and
conflicts between societies by a
nonpartisan body. Like the College Hearing Board, the S.A.B.
can hear complaints against societies and mandate sanctions if
such actions.are necessary.
"The sanctions that were well
thought out and reflected the reaction of the community who
felt uncomfortable," said Pro-
Sec FRANKLINS, page 7
ll.-l.l|l.l...l.|l..l..IIM.IlMl
ISSUE 16 • VOLUME 86